Knife Attacks: British Capital and Opening Day

knife attacks: By Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press Sun., Aug. 28, 2016 London police arrested more than 100 people amid sporadic violence Sunday at the annual Notting Hill Carnival, an annual celebration of Caribbean culture in the British capital that often includes trouble on the sidelines, according to Toronto Star. The Metropolitan Police reported at least four knife attacks during the opening day of the two-day festival in west London. The Notting Hill Carnival, which has taken place annually since 1964, is expected to attract over a million people. It said four males aged 15 to 20 were wounded, with one 15-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition. react-text: 151 The two-day event, started by members of the Afro-Caribbean community, sees costumed performers take to the streets in a parade and dozens of sound systems set up around the Notting Hill streets. /react-text Sunday festivities included a colourful child-oriented parade through west London that attracted tens of thousands of revelers, many of whom danced in the streets to the sound of steel drums and reggae bands. Medical beds were deployed at roadsides in some locations. Scores of paramedics were on hand to provide MASH-style units for carnival-goers injured or unwell from alcohol or drugs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.